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VLettere .Patent No.' 79,511, dated June 30, 1868. t

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yTo ALL WHOM '1T MAY ooNoERN:

Beit known that I, A. C. SPENcnn, of Bridgeport, iu thclcounty of Fairfield, andState of Connecticut,

have invented-a. nen' Procession' `Combining Wood und Paper for Cabinet Purposes; and I dohereby`declereh' the fo11owing,lwhen taken in connection with the accompanying clrawin,g,undA the letters of -.reference marked thereon, to be al full,`clear, and exect description of thesam'e, and which said drawing constitutes port of this .specicatiom and represents a sectional vieiv of a piece ot'- oom'bined wood and paper. The object f this 'invention is to positively prevet'th'e shrinking` which isuuav/oiduble in'eubinlet-worlr, :however thoroughly the wood muy be seasned, and .is particularly vadapted to sewing-machine-'tahle tops, as, hyits construction, it acts as a non-conductor, end ltho noise of' the riachine at work thereon vis completely' vdeadened.' The lnecessity for :i sewing-machine-tahle top'ivhicll should possess this quality, together with-the" lnonshrinking or warping, hessuggestedthis invention;:ih ichcousistsncomhining severe/l sheetson layers' afl paper or pa'steboard, glued, gumined,'or otherwise secured solidly together, and covered upon their surface -with a veneer Aof wood. v

v Ind-order to the clear understanding of 'my invention, I willfully describe the seme as illustrated in the accompanying drawings. v

I`wil'irst describe for sewing-machinetuble .tops- The cent-re part, A, is formed hy combining one or more`thiclrnesses of pnperor pasteboard, gluingi orA sticlringthe one lupon tlie other until of 'the thickness required. The upper und under surfaces, z and '6, I cover with a .thin veneer of. anydesiruble Wood, and h'avitig dressed 'the cdgesg'I glue-thereto the moulded edge B, and. the table-top'is'eoinpletel.

This combination o'f paper acts as a non-eonductor of sound, and is, to a. certain extent, elastic, so 'thet no jar or vibration is communicated from the machine through the table to -the licor, as isunuvoidahle in solid Wood tops; and under vwhatever reasonable circumstances the table may be placed,.thetop will not ivarp o'r tn'ist out ofthe proper shape.`

This invention is alike applicable-for panelling in cabinet-Work, and forsuc'h'uses possesses thequulitv of 'not shrinking, a duality which it is impossible to give to solid wood panels.

Another and equally important use foil this invention is, for forming circulm'onirregular-forms, as paperl -niay be piled upon the desired curve, und in such form 'the several-,leyers'glued together eannohyany possibility, lose, the form tlius'giten them; und coreredfhy the wood, as described, a circle or' irregular form is produced,` r.`which, as itcannot shrink, will not breuk or crack from the d'lncentpa'rts, as'solid wood ulm'ost invariably will do.-

Other uses for this process might be suggested, but-these'ure sutlicient to illustrateits importance and value.

Having tlrusfullyfdescribed vmy invention, what' I claim as new and nseful,.and desire to' .secure by Letters P aterit, YiS

The herein-described process for combiuingwood una paper for cabinet und other purposes.

Witnesses:V

Guo. E. TRACY, M. H. WIL'son. 

